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Before 6ix9ine Sentencing His Lawyer Asks
For Time Served Citing Trial Danger
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
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COURTHOUSE, Dec 11 – In
the case of US against
Aljermiah Mack and Anthony
Ellison, the jury on October 3
returned a mixed verdict, see
below. Daniel Hernandez /
Tekashi 6ix9ine who testified
for three days against them is
set to be sentenced on
December 18 at 10 am. As with
the trial, Inner City Press
will live tweet it. Today
December 11 it first reports
on 6ix9ine's lawyer's
sentencing submission, putting
it online in Scrib'd here,
for download here,
and which states:
"Mr. Hernandez’s
most extraordinary and
substantial assistance to the
government occurred when he
testified during the trials of
Anthony Ellison and Aljermiah
Mack. The level of risk to Mr.
Hernandez’s safety after
testifying in open court
against two active gang
members is immeasurable. Mr.
Hernandez was well aware of
this risk, yet nevertheless
testified for three days,
providing the government and
the sitting jury with a
credible and detailed
explanation of Nine Trey, its
criminal activities, and the
specific unlawful actions of
Ellison and Mack. With the
help of Mr. Hernandez’s
testimony, the jury convicted
both Ellison and Mack of very
serious felony offenses. In
fact, in Ellison’s case, Mr.
Hernandez was the victim of
the kidnaping for which
Ellison was convicted based
upon the testimony of Mr.
Hernandez. Ellison’s kidnaping
of Mr. Hernandez involved Mr.
Hernandez being beaten and
robbed at gun point by
Ellison. Mr. Hernandez
describes this event as a very
scary and traumatic
experience. It is impossible
to ignore the courage and
integrity shown by Mr.
Hernandez in testifying in
such a public forum about such
salacious activities. In
addition to the significant
safety risks involved in
testifying during such a
trial, Mr. Hernandez also
risked career suicide, given
that the hip hop community
seriously discourages
cooperating with the
government and providing
testimony, or any information,
against another individual....
Considering the issues
discussed above, I
respectfully request that your
Honor sentence Mr. Hernandez
to the jail time that he has
already served during the
duration of his case in light
of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e). "
On October 17
co-defendant
Jamel Jones was
set to be
sentenced, initially
at 2:30 pm,
then 9:45 am.
Inner City
Press inquired
into having a
live feed into
the SDNY Press
Room, as was
the case for
the sentencing
of Roland
Martin. But it
was not done.
At 9:45 am
Jamel Jones' family
members were in
Judge Engelmayer's
courtroom, but
not Jamel
Jones himself.
Later he was
brought in by
Marshals and
the proceeding
began. It
turned out he and his
lawyer had not
been given an
opportunity
to in writing
address what
the US
Attorney's
letter said was
shown at
trial, that
Jim Jones spoke
of "violating"
6ix9ine and
Jamel Jones
said "super
violate."
Inner
City Press tweeted,
as it did
during the
trial and the
Roland Martin
sentencing, here.
Then Judge
Engelmayer
said, Mr Smallman
tells me
someone is tweeting.
Who is it?
Inner City
Press
immediately
said, Me,
adding that
it had asked
for a live
feed into the
Press Room.
Judge Engelmayer
said that if
request
for live feed
are made they
are granted.
But it wasn't
in this
case. Inner
City Press
immediately
shut down its
phone,
power off. An
Assistant US
Attorney came
in and started
using her
phone, as has
always been
the case. She
was told to
turn it off.
Now will less
detailed
information we
report that
Judge Engelmayer
told Jamel Jones
that he,
unlike Roland
Martin, had
not renounced
Nine Trey.
That it was
too late in
life to use
lack of a
father figure
as an excuse.
(In fairness,
Judge Englemayer
later called
out the father
in the
gallery.)
Ultimately
Judge
Engelmayer
imposed a full
135 month sentence
on Jamel Jones,
more than 11 years.
While
some might not
like it
compared, many
white collar
criminals in
the SDNY are
given light or
time served sentences.
This is one of
the many reasons
that detailed,
real time
reporting of
these
sentencing
should be
encouraged,
not stopped
and penalized.
As Inner City
Press left the
courtroom, it
was asked for
its name and
business card
and was told
that an
"incident
report" will
be made. We'll
have more on
this.
On October
10 co-defendant Roland Martin
a/k/a Ro Murda was sentenced
by Judge Paul Engelmayer. The
sentencing guideline specified
in his plea agreement was 77
to 96 months; the government
recommended 60 months.
After back
and forth which Inner City
Press live tweeted, below,
Judge Engelmayer said he would
have sentenced Ro Murda to 90
months, but because he was
stabbed in the MDC after
renouncing the gang, he gave
him 66 months.
For now, more on
Patreon here.
For more on this case, including
the multiple defendant discovery conference
before Judge Engelmayer, click here.
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